De-flocking
A small newsletter about legaltech and tech law
AI
A guest editorial at AI for Legal Education goes into detail as to the plethora of AI use policies being issued by law schools across the country
Related: UCSF School of Law has launched AI-enabled labs for students as a required course for the Class of 2029 and onward, which will provide “hands-on experience using AI for core legal tasks while also covering the ethical dimensions of AI use, including privilege, conflicts, and professional responsibility” [TaxProf Blog | Press Release]
There are two new lawsuits against AI developers arising out of the music industry:
Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music are suing Anthropic for copyright infringement of “tens of thousands” of musical compositions, including lyrics and sheet music [The Guardian (UK) [$] | Variety | Music Business Worldwide | Docket | Complaint]
A group of musicians, including David Lowery and Jason Isbell, filed suit against AI music platform Suno on the basis of rights of publicity and state privacy claims, accusing the company of using their voices, styles and overall identities without authorization [Consequence of Sound | NY Times ($) | Docket | Complaint]
From Bloomberg Law [$]: “Legal AI Insurance Exposes That ‘Practice of Law’ Needs Defining”
The Department of Education for New York City has adopted a new policy that will bar AI use by elementary and middle school students, as well as limit individual screen use for school work [AP News | NY Times ($) | Dept of Ed. guidance document]
Fabrication Follies
AI & Law Stuff - by Damien Charlotin - Artificial Authority
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Data Privacy
Flock News
A wave of cities are opting out of their contracts with Flock, with some moving to a competing automated license plate reader (ALPR) company, Axon [ Ars Technica | 404 Media ($)]
The Florida Department of Transportation has ordered all Flock cameras installed by local law enforcement on state roads to be removed within 30 days [ABC News | NBC News]
In response to the FDOT order, a few local governments and law enforcement agencies in Florida are removing all of their ALPR cameras [Fox35 Orlando] | Orlando Sentinel]
404 Media [$] interviews the man behind the viral Darth Vader City Council meeting testimony regarding Flock cameras in San Diego, CA
From Wired [$]: “I Demanded My Data From Over 100 Companies. Deletion Notices Started Arriving Instead”
Miscellaneous
Kalshi has suspended Laurie Buckhout, who is running for a North Carolina Congressional seat, for “betting on her own campaign”; former congressperson George Santos has been permanently banned from Kalshi on the basis of insider trading
A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel has found that Nevada can regulate sports events contracts by Kalshi and other entities offering prediction market because such contracts are not pre-empted by the federal Commodity Exchange Act [ CNN | Reason | Docket | Opinion]
From Damien Charlotin: A Chilean lawyer filed 38,477 documents in the national court’s e-filing system, causing the system to crash
Long Reads
Julie Tedjeske Crane, Teaching Legal Research Students to be the “Human in the Loop,” 32 (2) Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing (Spring 2026) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ldpaweHgad67gux8wbLBoAozpAN5pCqo/view
Elizabeth Ruiz Frost, Reading Is Dead: Can Law Schools Make Lawyers from Non-Readers?, 104 Neb. L. Rev. 293 (2025)
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nlr/vol104/iss2/4
Shucha, Bonnie J., Closing the AI Readiness Gap: A Framework for Law Schools (June 19, 2026). Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1921, 32 (2) Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing (Spring 2026), available at: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6971418
